Price vs. Quote — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Price and Quote
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Price
A price is the (usually not negative) quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for one unit of goods or services. In some situation, the price of production has a different name.
Quote
Repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person)
He quoted from the scriptures
I realized she was quoting passages from Shakespeare
Price
The amount as of money or goods, asked for or given in exchange for something else.
Quote
Give someone (the estimated price of a job or service)
A garage quoted him £30
Price
The cost at which something is obtained
Believes that the price of success is hard work.
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Quote
Give (a company) a quotation or listing on a stock exchange
A British conglomerate quoted on the London Stock Exchange
Price
The cost of bribing someone
Maintained that every person has a price.
Quote
A quotation from a text or speech
A quote from Wordsworth
Price
A reward offered for the capture or killing of a person
A felon with a price on his head.
Quote
A quotation giving the estimated cost for a particular job or service
Quotes from different insurance companies
Price
(Archaic) Value or worth.
Quote
A quotation or listing of a company on a stock exchange.
Price
To fix or establish a price for
Shoes that are priced at sixty dollars.
Quote
Quotation marks
Use double quotes around precise phrases you wish to search for
Price
To find out the price of
Spent the day pricing dresses.
Quote
To repeat or copy (words from a source such as a book), usually with acknowledgment of the source
Quoted lines from Shakespeare in his lecture.
Price
The cost required to gain possession of something.
Quote
To repeat or copy the words of (a person or a book or other source)
Likes to quote Shakespeare when giving advice.
Price
The cost of an action or deed.
I paid a high price for my folly.
Quote
To cite or refer to for illustration or proof
Quoted statistics to show she was right.
Price
Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
Quote
To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from
The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.
Price
(transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.
Quote
To state (a price) for securities, goods, or services.
Price
To pay the price of; to make reparation for.
Quote
To give a quotation, as from a book.
Price
To set a price on; to value; to prize.
Quote
A quotation.
Price
To ask the price of.
To price eggs
Quote
A quotation mark.
Price
The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost.
We can afford no more at such a price.
Quote
Used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation
"He paused and said, quote, I don't care, unquote.".
Price
Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
Her price is far above rubies.
New treasures still, of countless price.
Quote
A dictum; a saying.
Price
Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.
'T is the price of toil,The knave deserves it when he tills the soil.
Quote
A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.
Price
To pay the price of.
With thine own blood to price his blood.
Quote
A quotation mark.
Price
To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
Quote
A summary of work to be done with a set price.
After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.
Price
To ask the price of; as, to price eggs.
Quote
A price set for a financial security or commodity.
Price
The amount of money needed to purchase something;
The price of gasoline
He got his new car on excellent terms
How much is the damage?
Quote
(transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
The writer quoted the president's speech.
Price
The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold);
The fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver
He puts a high price on his services
He couldn't calculate the cost of the collection
Quote
(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.
Price
Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something;
The cost in human life was enormous
The price of success is hard work
What price glory?
Quote
To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
Price
The high value or worth of something;
Her price is far above rubies
Quote
(intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
Price
A reward for helping to catch a criminal;
The cattle thief has a price on his head
Quote
(archaic) To observe, to take account of.
Price
Cost of bribing someone;
They say that every politician has a price
Quote
To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
Price
United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
Quote
To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
Price
Determine the price of;
The grocer priced his wares high
Quote
To name the current price of.
Price
Ascertain or learn the price of;
Have you priced personal computers lately?
Quote
To notice; to observe; to examine.
Quote
To set down, as in writing.
Quote
A note upon an author.
Quote
A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
Quote
A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Quote
Repeat a passage from;
He quoted the Bible to her
Quote
Name the price of;
Quote prices for cars
Quote
Refer to for illustration or proof;
He said he could quote several instances of this behavior
Quote
Put quote marks around;
Here the author is quoting his colleague
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